LVIV AS AN IT INDUSTRY CENTER IN UKRAINE
Let’s talk about the IT industry in Lviv!
In 2009, Lviv was awarded the honorary status of the Cultural Capital of Ukraine. All this is due to a large number of theaters, concert halls, and creative achievements of the past, which are stored in public and private museums. Lviv is also rich in traditional festivals that take place annually: Leopolis Jazz Fest which The Guardian has included in the list of the best festivals in Europe, Lviv Coffee Festival, The National Chocolate Festival, Cheese and Wine Festival.
We are also considered to be the most tourist city in Ukraine. Tourists from all over the world come to visit us all year round.
Recently, Lviv received the title of the Ukrainian capital of the IT industry!
And this is not surprising because it was in Lviv that the Ukrainian IT was born.
Well-known companies of global significance (the largest in Ukraine), such as SoftServe, ELEX, NiX, were born in Lviv.
JetSoftPro is also evolving rapidly to add to the list of technology giants. The company has Development Centers & International Offices not only in Ukraine but also in the USA (New York, Denver), UK (London), and Poland (Wroclaw).
In recent years, the Lviv IT industry has shown a high growth in outsourcing, which makes Lviv an ideal place for employers and clients from many countries around the world who are interested in technology outsourcing. To find more information about outsourcing to Ukraine, you may also like our article “Why Outsourcing software development to Ukraine is safe and robust”.
In 2020 following the results of the 8th annual CEE Business Services Summit & Awards ceremony, Lviv was recognized as the best city for Business Outsourcing in Central and Eastern Europe in the category of Emerging cities!
Lviv is the only Ukrainian city where the city council officially recognizes and supports IT as the main sector of the economy. In recent years, Lviv has become home to about 500 technology companies and 30,000 technicians.
Lviv IT Cluster
Lviv IT Cluster is a progressive tech community that with its successful projects makes Lviv closer to the top European cities in terms of quality of life, infrastructure development, quality of technical education, well-known tech products, and necessary conditions for starting and conducting business.
Members of Lviv IT Cluster are companies of different sizes and needs, so the mission is to help all companies that lack expertise or experience in a particular area of business and see Lviv becoming the center of world-class cutting-edge technology.
Lviv IT Cluster infrastructure projects offer a chance to influence Lviv urban development. The Cluster’s projects include the first in Ukraine housing for a community of IT specialists IT House and IT Village. We believe that a responsible neighborhood is a key to sustainable urban development. To further enhance the infrastructure landscape in Lviv, Lviv IT Cluster initiated the launch of a large-scale IT business park Innovation - District IT Park, which will transform the city into a real business center with modern offices, labs, and a university.
IT Arena
IT Arena is the largest technology conference in Central and Eastern Europe, which is an annual meeting place for investors, startups (more than 100 Ukrainian startups have applied for the Startup Competition 2020), international companies, delegations, and leaders in the IT industry. This is a world-class conference with the constant participation of such giants as Google, Microsoft, Tesla, YouTube, Amazon, etc. The three busy days of the conference inspire new solutions and business ideas and promote personal development. IT Arena expands horizons by uniting global technologies in Ukraine!
IT Arena is a tech event with a global outlook and scale, which in 2020 took place online, streaming from the city of Lviv, Ukraine — feel the atmosphere by watching the video:
Avia Connections
Lviv is located almost in the center of Europe. It is the largest city in Western Ukraine, along with the most profitable geolocation: less than 80 kilometers from the border with the European Union. From Lviv, you can easily drive to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania.
Lviv is a popular international tourist and business destination. There are many airlines (Lufthansa, LOT, Austrian Airlines, KML, etc) and well-known low-cost carriers (Ryanair, WizzAir, Pegasus) operating in the Lviv market, which provides quality air connections with Europe, the Middle East, and America.
Direct flights from Lviv airport serve the following international destinations: Austria, Belarus, Germany, Denmark, Israel, Italy, Poland, Spain, Turkey, Great Britain. You can fly from London to Lviv — 2 hours 45 m, from Berlin to Lviv in 1 hour 40 m, from Oslo to Lviv — 4 hours, from New York to Lviv — 12 hours.
Lviv — Open To The World!
Summarizing all the information above — Lviv, being not only the cultural capital of Ukraine but also an IT center — will help you find highly qualified experts for your startup, business idea, or for custom software development for your company.
And what could be better than discussing and planning breakthrough strategies for your business with a cup of fragrant coffee with the view of the architectural city center?
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